No More Counting Calories To Lose Weight?

It seems that everyday something changes in the world of health and dieting.  One day carbs are good for you and the next day they are not.  It is so crazy anymore that you don't know who to  believe or what to do!

My grandmother lived to be 92 years old and her secret was that she had no secret.  She just used moderation as her model.

I found this article in the Wall Street Journal and thought it was interesting enough to pass along to you.  No more counting calories!  Count bites instead.  Check out the article below.

We're all about diets where you can eat chocolate cake all day and lose weight . . . this appears to be one of those diets.  On this diet, you don't count calories, you just count how many BITES of food you take . . . and you want to take exactly 100 bites in a day.

Researchers at Clemson University in South Carolina found men eat an average of 17 calories per bite and women eat an average of 11 calories per bite.  So at 100 bites, men would eat 1,700 calories and women would eat 1,100 . . . those are low enough amounts to lose weight but high enough to keep your metabolism going.

You should also chew each bite 10 to 20 times, and avoid taking in calories you DON'T have to bite, like the calories in soda or milkshakes . . . or drinking gravy through a straw.  (Wall Street Journal)

What do you think?